The Whole Year: 3rd Grade

3rd grade, the whole year, on one shelf. Third grade is multiplication, cursive, paragraphs, and the first year a child can carry a real book by themselves. This shelf has the workbook floor for every subject, the Story of the World as read-aloud history, and the series (Wings of Fire, Warriors) that a third grader reads fifteen deep. About three hundred dollars for the workbooks and the books, and you own every page.

How to use it: Math twenty-five minutes, language arts twenty-five, science and social studies on alternate days. Read The Story of the World aloud one chapter a week from the very beginning; nobody remembers ancient history and it is the best read-aloud on the shelf. Then hand them Wings of Fire and stand back. Science Comics are the science lesson a third grader chooses.

Two more things: the custom full grade is where we build this same year around your actual child instead of a grade level, and the $49 map is the first step of that. Not sure this is the right shelf? Five questions will tell you.